Two Officers Linked To 89 Cases Of Kicking And Punching Motorist Have Been Dismissed By Georgia Officials

Gwinnett County is doing the right thing as it relates to the citizens ho may have had some form of “interaction” with the two officers where videos emerged of them punching and kicking a motorist during a traffic stop. Evidently the two deviant officers had been wreaking havoc on the community for far too long and it’s time that all police department across the country start doing some “cleaning house” and rid their departments of these cancerous officers once and for all. Gwinnett County is making a step in the right direction but removal of any officer who is using this type of tactic with the citizens needs to have more harsh consequences. One step at a time…right!!!

Read more as reported by ABC:

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Days after two officers in suburban Atlanta were fired when videos surfaced showing them kicking and punching a motorist, authorities have reportedly dismissed nearly 90 cases involving the pair.

The Gwinnett County Solicitor said she is dropping all cases in which Robert McDonald or Michael Bongiovanni were either the principal officer or a necessary witness. Sixty-three cases were dismissed in Gwinnett County Recorder’s Court and 26 in Gwinnett County State Court, according to ABC affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta.

All were misdemeanor or traffic offenses, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

McDonald and Bongiovanni were fired Thursday after videos emerged online showing a man being punched and kicked during a traffic stop, police said.

The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia — about 30 miles outside of Atlanta — called the videos “shocking” and “disturbing” and announced today that two officers had been fired and that criminal investigations had begun.

The first video to surface shows an officer, identified as McDonald, kicking a handcuffed man in the head as he lays in the middle of a major roadway during a traffic stop.

A second video discovered by police, taken by a witness from a different angle, “shows the man getting out of the car with both hands up,” according to police. “As he stands with his hands up, [Sergeant] Michael Bongiovanni strikes the man in the face,” the police said in a statement.

Bongiovanni was hired in 1999 while McDonald joined the department in 2013.

Gwinnett County Police Chief Butch Ayers said of McDonald: “This officer and his actions do not represent the men and women of this police department who put their lives on the line.”

He said McDonald apologized for what occurred and for embarrassing the department.

“It shouldn’t have happened,” Ayers said McDonald told him.

The Gwinnett Police Department said in a press release that it has launched a criminal investigation that will be handed over to the District Attorney’s Office.

Bongiovanni and McDonald did not immediately respond to ABC News’ requests for comment.

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